/ˈmet.əl/
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Translation
A hard, shiny material such as iron, gold or silver, which heat and electricity pass through easily.
Word origin
From Greek metallon, meaning a mine or the metal dug from it, which reached English through Latin and French.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- metallon
Grammar
Gender
Pluralmetals
Examples
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"Made of metal" says what the box is built from.
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Here a metal means one kind of metal, so it is countable.
spoons .
Metal can stand in front of a noun like an adjective.
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